2014 Update

Hi everyone,

What a great year I had last year!! I had a great time with my friend Jack last year. I have started Year 2 and have a great class and wonderful teachers. These days, I like

1. One Direction member Louis Tomlinson
2. BBQ sauce and meat pies
3. Diving in the deep end of the pool
4. Riding my bike without training wheels

It has been about 6 months since we saw Dr Markert in America and we are going to Cairns and Port Douglas soon for a holiday.  

In 2012, my little brother Darius was born.  We are good mates and now share a room together.  How adorable he is!  He is getting so big now.  We love to chase each other around the kitchen table.

From Rocky

We are still here.....

Hi everyone, Hope you are fantastic! And yes, we are still here after a massive year. Sorry we haven't been online. I am not even sure anyone is still reading, but thought I'd get an update out there anyhow.

It's been a huge year. Rocky is now in Kindy and loving it. His health is great. He mainly spends time singing, dancing, drawing and 'youtubing' his favourite artists. He also tries to be Justin Bieber on occasion, dressing up and recording his own versions of 'Baby', "never say never' and "U Smile" on the iPhone, and has a particular eye for the ladies (Katy Perry, K$sha (gasp - I know! and the somewhat more socially acceptable, Taylor Swift.. I truly believe I am not at all biased when I say he can hold a tune rather impressively. He also makes up his own moves which is great (and funny).
Quite simply, he is just doing AWESOME. His best mate is Paige at school, his speech is coming along beautifully, so beautifully its sometimes a pleasure to see him go to sleep at night....You know what I mean ; ) ....and he has recently taken to telling me he loves me 'sooooooooo much' (without coercian!) which is just the most precious of moments. All you mum's out there are swooning right now, remember when your boys were in love with you? I am enjoying while it lasts. He also tells me off at the shops, how I'm 'naughty' when I don't come when he calls etc so it's not all rose coloured glasses. It's a challenge. It's delightful, it's just wonderful seeing Rocky enjoy his life so fully after everything he's been through. His rocky road is a distant memory now though, as we move into a much brighter part of life, leaving that well behind us.
For those reading, Happy Easter to you. Be safe and enjoy your families - they are so precious! ox

All The Single Ladies.....

Life has been very busy here since we arrived, although things are settling down a bit now. At the moment, we are enjoying school holidays! Rocky is loving kindy, we have all our hospital stuff organised and it's going along well. Being at kindy, Rocky has inevitably got every cold going around. I guess that's kids, but the nice thing for us (can't believe I'm saying a cold is nice!) is to see him recover well.

I know most of you have already experienced this, but now that Rocky is mixing with other children, we are getting some really assertive statements. I really do think prior to going to school, Rocky did not believe he could say no. Now he is making up for lost time. He has a real growl in his "NO". I hate to ask the obvious, but do I really sound like that?? LOL!! With statements like.... "Go away" ....and at the shops "I think I'll take this one home, Mum", "I can do it"...and when he doesn't want to "Mum's turn"....and my favourite order...."Hop out of the way". I have added some benign guidance like, "How about saying please?" Ahhhhh, I see my real work is beginning!! And I thought I had it tough before...Actually, to be honest we couldn't be prouder of our little man who is just embracing life so well, cheek and all : )